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El Arish (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 07 54 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.1316 decimal degrees |
| Long: 033 47 54 E degrees minutes |
Long: 33.7984 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Mediterranean Sea; was repeatedly contested by combatants in wars of last 2 centuries; was captured by Napoleon in 1799 & scene of British-French treaty in 1800; was also contested in WW I & in Six Day War of 1967. |
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| Al 'Arīsh (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| El Arish (C,O,English-P)
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| El-ʻArish (C,V)
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| Al-ʻArīsh (C,V)
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| City of Cut Noses (NA,V)
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| Cut Noses, City of (NA,V)
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| El-'Arîsh (NA,V)
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| Rhinocolorum (NA,V)
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| Rhinocorura (NA,V)
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| Rhinokorura (NA,V)
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| العريش (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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| אל עריש (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Rhinocolura (H,V)
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El Arish (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| town (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| seaport (C) |
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